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Non-affiliated Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 12 January 2011

Party was Conservative until 22 Feb 2018

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Currently held offices

• Member, Conduct Committee (since 30 Jan 2025)
• Member, UK Engagement with Space Committee (since 30 Jan 2025)
• Chair, Communications and Digital Committee (since 19 Jan 2022)

Other offices held in the past

• Chair, Communications and Digital Committee (19 Jan 2022 to 30 Jan 2025)
• Chair, Communications and Digital Committee (19 Jan 2022 to 30 Jan 2025)
• Member, Communications and Digital Committee (22 Jul 2021 to 19 Jan 2022)
• Member, Communications and Digital Committee ( 6 Nov 2017 to 27 Mar 2018)
• Chair, Palace of Westminster (Joint Committee) (13 Oct 2015 to 13 Oct 2015)
• Chair, Palace of Westminster (Joint Committee) (13 Oct 2015 to 13 Oct 2015)
• Member, Palace of Westminster (Joint Committee) (13 Oct 2015 to 27 Apr 2017)
• Member, Palace of Westminster (Joint Committee) (20 Jul 2015 to 13 Oct 2015)
• Member, House Committee (Lords) (16 Jul 2014 to 18 Jul 2016)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Lords) (16 Jul 2014 to 18 Jul 2016)
• Member, Committee for Privileges and Conduct (Lords) (16 Jul 2014 to 18 Jul 2016)
• Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee (16 Jul 2014 to 18 Jul 2016)
• Member, Committee of Selection (Lords) (16 Jul 2014 to 18 Jul 2016)
• Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal (15 Jul 2014 to 14 Jul 2016)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government ( 7 Oct 2013 to 15 Jul 2014)
• Member, Joint Committee on Security (30 Oct 2012 to 7 Oct 2013)
• Lords Spokesperson (Department for Work and Pensions) ( 6 Sep 2012 to 7 Oct 2013)
• Lords Spokesperson (Women & Equalities) ( 6 Sep 2012 to 7 Oct 2013)
• Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) ( 5 Sep 2011 to 7 Oct 2013)
• Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) ( 9 Mar 2011 to 17 Oct 2011)

Recent appearances

• AI and Creative Technologies (Communications and Digital Committee Report) - Motion to Take Note 13 Jun 2025

  My Lords, this has been an excellent debate. I thank the Minister for her comprehensive response. I know this debate comes at the end of yet another busy week for her—handling the data Bill and the Employment Rights Bill, and she has just referred to being at London Tech Week too. She talked about a lot of activity coming from the Government, and I hope she can carve out enough time in her...

• AI and Creative Technologies (Communications and Digital Committee Report) - Motion to Take Note 13 Jun 2025

  My Lords, this is the Communications and Digital Committee’s final report from my time as chair, so I not only thank the committee staff and my fellow committee members for all their work and contributions to this inquiry but extend my sincere thanks to all colleagues with whom I worked over the past three years for everything they have done so that, collectively, we have been able to...

• AI and Creative Technologies (Communications and Digital Committee Report) - Motion to Take Note 13 Jun 2025

  My noble friend is right that the cost of energy in the UK is very much a deterrent to a lot of inward investment. It is not deterring them completely, but I was talking only yesterday to a very senior figure at Amazon and, as you would expect, he was drawing comparisons between us and France. I said earlier that London is no longer the leading tech hub, and according to one of these analysts...

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